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Corriemony
Bloomery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Corriemony
Classification Bloomery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12229
Site Number NH32NE 2
NGR NH 390 298
NGR Description NH 3915 2991
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12229
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH32NE 2 390 298.
There is a bloomery at Corriemony in Glen Urquhart, with slag of the oldest type.
W I Macadam 1893
The exact site of this bloomery could not be found but, prior to 1939, Mr. A.C. MacKell (Mr A C MacKell, The Schoolhouse, Drumnadrochit Senior Secondary School, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire) discovered quantities of slag in the area centred at NH 390 298.
Visited by OS (R D) 27 July 1964
Two pieces of iron slag found by self at NH 3915 2991
Visited by OS (I S S) 27 June 1973
